Sam Dyson (South Carolina RHP)- Meet the Brandon Morrow of the 2009 draft. Dyson has the best fastball in the draft besides Strasburg sitting in the mid 90’s and reaching 98. He also has a slider, curveball and changeup that are all average to below average. His slider is a plus pitch when he locates it good [...]

You have to love Tim Dierkes’ MLB Trade Rumors as a quick reference for all of the off the field activity around baseball, but far too many people read MLBTR’s summaries and fail to click through and read the source.  Of course we don’t have time to read the dozens or even hundreds of articles [...]

Jared Mitchell (LSU RF)- A two sport athlete (also a WR at LSU), Mitchell’s future is clearly in baseball but due to the fact that he hasn’t been able to fully concentrate on baseball until now he’s a very raw college prospect. Mitchell has good speed, plays good defense and has a strong throwing arm. On the [...]

Seattle’s top power hitting prospect Dennis Raben had microfracture surgery on his knee two weeks ago, according to his blog.  He doesn’t mention how long he’ll be out of action and I can’t think of any other baseball players to have the surgery, but I know about a year of recovery time is required for [...]

We took a look at the organization’s outfield depth on Wednesday and were able to determine that it’s a position of strength.  We’ve got two major league outfielders that are very good and aren’t going anywhere for a few years, four or five legitimate prospects and several toolsy project players that will boom or bust, [...]

Chris Jakubauskas is heading to the ‘pen in favor of Garrett Olson [link].  I would think this is a last look for Olson until a spot opens up later, as Ryan Rowland-Smith should be back soon.  Don Wakamatsu will probably have him do at least one more rehab start, but RRS insists he’s ready to [...]

Here is a list of players who could be draft picks by the Mariners at picks 27 and 33. I’ll have reports on 5 more players tomorrow.

AJ Pollack (Notre Dame CF/2B)- In Keith Law’s mock draft he mentioned that the Mariners love Notre Dame CF/2B AJ Pollack and would probably love to take him at #27 should [...]

The Mariners released Tyler Walker on March 29th after signing him to a Major League deal over the offseason.  He was hurt during Spring Training so the coaching staff didn’t get to see him much, but he’s certainly getting it done for the Philadelphia Phillies AAA afiliate.
12.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 14 K, 2 [...]

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Ichiro Suzuki, RF – Still Seattle’s most valuable position player despite showing some decline at the age of 35.  Ichiro you know– free swinging singles hitter who hits for a high average, is a great baserunner, defender and money maker.  Signed through 2012, I don’t see Ichiro being a very tradeable player until teams feel [...]

Looks like Dave from USS Mariner and Larry Stone of the Seattle Times have kicked off the summer trade and speculation season in Seattle, so we may as well dive right in.
Erik Bedard has been as good as originally advertised this season and relatively healthy, making him an attractive rotation upgrade for contenders and fringe [...]